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It was in the dungeon from Village of Hommlet. My character- Zaphod Beeblebrox (yes, I really did name him that!), was killed by our party's Monk. Don't remember why. This would have been 1984 or 5. I may even still have my dead character files somewhere. I used to file them away with a...

Truth!!! I do have a D20 which I'll never use for any important roll again, due to it's propensity for rolling very, very low. I don't believe I've ever made a successful attack roll using that die... And, yes: EFF THIS!!! followed by that die being hurled across the room HAS happened...

Well, the easiest way to block a Magic Missile spell is to cast shield. Which is now a reaction, not a full action. Specifically blocks Magic Missiles. Wouldn't THAT irritate the Wizard who blew a precious 8th level slot to upcast it?! Works even better, if you're a high enough level...

Well, B2 Keep on the Borderlands has already been done and released as a 5E product. They also included In Search of The Unknown B1, some extra caves not in the original B2, and fleshed out the blocked off tunnel the OG left undone. Plus, added some pretty sick extra areas to B1, to fully...

Nah- you're right, it WAS the Alchemy jug. I got confustipated... That makes it even worse, though- Mages think vast quantities of mayo at a moments notice are a good enough idea to include it in a standard magic item?? I think some sly dog at WoTC is having a bit of fun at our expense.

It hasn't started- YET. He is DM'ing first. When it's my turn, I intend to run either Storm Giants or Saltmarsh- with my 3E Forgotten Realms CS. book and others, as resources. (Others meaning Magic of Faerun, Races of Faerun, Silver Marches, etc) Or, perhaps one of Necromancer...

Anyone care to explain WHY Mayonnaise of all things is available in the 5E PHB's equipment section??? And in bulk, too. Is it to help that fillet of Displacer Beast slide down your gullet better? How about you guys? Any oddballs you always wondered about?

Never. Not since the heady days of 2E in the mid 1990's have we used any homebrews. And those were just joke spells we made up on the spot to deal with the DM's little brother's ANNOYING character, lol. The fact that lots of smokeables and sleep deprivation were usually included- had much...

Interesting! The variance between different group's campaigns, whether it be length, style, etc. We tended to run fairly high combat sessions, as dungeon delving and monster bashing are FUN! But also, because none of us were much good at the rp type stuff, and didn't really like it that...

I was going through my shelves of classic D&D material, looking for something interesting to read. Prompted by all the discussion here about 1E/2E etc. I have stuff from way back when I first began I'd forgotten all about! Inc characters on the old green D&D sheets, the old AD&D yellow...

Frankly, I would love to see a full FR campaign setting- with all the bells and whistles, inc the gods, magic, various races, Domains, the works. Considering that many adventures they publish are set IN the Realms... a Deities and Demi gods compendium. There's ridiculously little...

Well, my buddy texted me to say he'd ordered the Essentials set. We plan on getting together and playing as soon as it arrives. So now I'm rolling up some new characters. Don't know who or how many of us there will be, so Ima prepare to be the entire party, lol. Got a mage done first...

Sounds reasonable. I know I'm always running out of room for class features etal on the official character sheets, the box for actions/attacks is way too small for spellcasters; and there's no place for Spell DC and spell attack modifiers. Thus, specific sheets/journals for wizards...

For $100, you're getting into the territory of the core rules set at places like Wal-mart. So, for a little more, you can HAVE all 3 rulebooks. I'd be all over boxed sets for settings, or adventures, though. Those not only play right into the hands of the format, but IMO an adventure in...

Definitely put out an "Expert" boxed set! With the rest of the PC races, Gnomes; Half-Orcs; Half Elves, etc; The rest of the classes: Sorcerer; Ranger; Paladin; Barbarian; Bard; Warlock, and Druid; Plus, the full list of domains, archetypes, etc. Include an expanded spell list, the rest...

A little of both, I suppose. There's always the possibility that a party could bite off more than they could chew, and/or be confronted with the reality that they are NOT, in fact, the biggest dawgs on the block, lol. The old Gygaxian way of each succeeding dungeon level being more...

Random thought: D'ya think they put the same 5 pre-generated characters in every Starter kit- or did some poor, poor bastard at Hasbro get the job of rolling up characters all day for weeks??

I ended up making a run to the game store, and got myself both, lol. Couldn't decide, so I took option C. I like how they did the pregen characters, with the rules for levelling them up on the back. Can't get much easier than that! The rule pamphlet is essentially the most important...

That gives me an interesting idea: Each of us gets a different boxed set, that way we get both modules! With what you said about Essential's module, that may work out real well. We're both long time D&D players- he's just wanting to get into the new edition via the ground floor. Quick n...

What's everyone's take on these? I have a buddy who is, shall we say, pocket money deprived. He wants to get into this version of the game I keep talking up, but buying the core books isn't in the cards, money-wise atm. Plus, he saw them for sale at Wal-Fart, and really liked the artwork...